Border Crossings
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- Border Crossings
- August 3, 2022
- Content Type Program
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: US UKRAINE CHARITIES HEADLINE: Refugee Flow from Ukraine has Slowed, But Needs Have Not TEASER: US humanitarian workers returning from the Poland-Ukraine border see long-term issues emerging as conflict approaches its sixth month. PUBLISHED AT: 8/3/2022 at 11:40am BYLINE: Greg Flakus CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Houston SCRIPT EDITORS: LR, MAS VIDEOGRAPHER: Greg Flakus VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA ORIGINAL, AFP PLATFORMS: TV TRT: 2:14 VID APPROVED BY: MCY TYPE: TVPKG UPDATE: EDITORS NOTE:)) ((INTRO) [[Thousands of Ukrainians whose lives have been upended by war in their country continue to rely on aid provided by humanitarians from around the world. Correspondent Greg Flakus recently visited the Poland-Ukraine border and reports for VOA that help will likely be needed for a long time to come.]] ((NARRATOR)) When Ukrainian refugees cross over the border into Poland they encounter tents, where non-governmental charity groups from around the world offer them nutritious food and temporary shelter. Few of the refugees have serious health problems, but some need prescribed medication they had to leave behind. David Christensen is a nurse from San Francisco who volunteers at a clinic with a group called Rescuers Without Borders. ((David Christensen, Rescuers Without Borders – MALE ENGLISH)) “We keep this place running 24/7. Usually, the patients come in looking for medication refills-- blood pressure, thyroid, heart medication. A lot of people had to leave with just the clothes on their back and they have chronic issues.” ((NARRATOR)) He says the pace has slowed a lot since crowds swarmed over the border in February and March. ((David Christensen, Rescuers Without Borders – MALE ENGLISH)) “It was just a tidal wave of people coming through, now it is just handfuls at a time. Some people go to get supplies and then go back, other people just have nowhere else to go.” ((NARRATOR)) As hard as the situation may be for refugees and people who fled to more peaceful areas in Ukraine, it is worse for the many civilians who had to remain in conflict zones, according to International Medical Corps spokesman Todd Bernhardt. ((Todd Bernhardt, International Medical Corps – MALE EN)) ((Mandatory Zoom credit)) “Typically, the people who are left behind in a conflict situation are the people who are poorer, who don't have the means to leave. They are the people most in need of humanitarian assistance and those are the people we try to focus on.” ((NARRATOR)) Bernhardt, who recently returned to Los Angeles after visiting Ukraine, says his organization, which has done humanitarian work around the world for decades, is trying to fortify and equip area hospitals, as bombardments continue. ((Todd Bernhardt, International Medical Corps – MALE ENGLISH - VIA ZOOM)) “I suspect this conflict is going to grind on for quite some time. The people are going to need help for quite some time.” ((NARRATOR)) And he says that even if the war ended today, Ukrainians who have been injured physically and mentally will need help for years to come. ((Greg Flakus, for VOA News, Houston))
- Transcript/Script USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: US UKRAINE CHARITIES HEADLINE: Refugee Flow from Ukraine has Slowed, But Needs Have Not TEASER: US humanitarian workers returning from the Poland-Ukraine border see long-term issues emerging as conflict approaches its sixth month. PUBLISHED AT: 8/3/2022 at 11:40am BYLINE: Greg Flakus CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Houston SCRIPT EDITORS: LR, MAS VIDEOGRAPHER: Greg Flakus VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA ORIGINAL, AFP PLATFORMS: TV TRT: 2:14 VID APPROVED BY: MCY TYPE: TVPKG UPDATE: EDITORS NOTE:)) ((INTRO) [[Thousands of Ukrainians whose lives have been upended by war in their country continue to rely on aid provided by humanitarians from around the world. Correspondent Greg Flakus recently visited the Poland-Ukraine border and reports for VOA that help will likely be needed for a long time to come.]] ((NARRATOR)) When Ukrainian refugees cross over the border into Poland they encounter tents, where non-governmental charity groups from around the world offer them nutritious food and temporary shelter. Few of the refugees have serious health problems, but some need prescribed medication they had to leave behind. David Christensen is a nurse from San Francisco who volunteers at a clinic with a group called Rescuers Without Borders. ((David Christensen, Rescuers Without Borders – MALE ENGLISH)) “We keep this place running 24/7. Usually, the patients come in looking for medication refills-- blood pressure, thyroid, heart medication. A lot of people had to leave with just the clothes on their back and they have chronic issues.” ((NARRATOR)) He says the pace has slowed a lot since crowds swarmed over the border in February and March. ((David Christensen, Rescuers Without Borders – MALE ENGLISH)) “It was just a tidal wave of people coming through, now it is just handfuls at a time. Some people go to get supplies and then go back, other people just have nowhere else to go.” ((NARRATOR)) As hard as the situation may be for refugees and people who fled to more peaceful areas in Ukraine, it is worse for the many civilians who had to remain in conflict zones, according to International Medical Corps spokesman Todd Bernhardt. ((Todd Bernhardt, International Medical Corps – MALE EN)) ((Mandatory Zoom credit)) “Typically, the people who are left behind in a conflict situation are the people who are poorer, who don't have the means to leave. They are the people most in need of humanitarian assistance and those are the people we try to focus on.” ((NARRATOR)) Bernhardt, who recently returned to Los Angeles after visiting Ukraine, says his organization, which has done humanitarian work around the world for decades, is trying to fortify and equip area hospitals, as bombardments continue. ((Todd Bernhardt, International Medical Corps – MALE ENGLISH - VIA ZOOM)) “I suspect this conflict is going to grind on for quite some time. The people are going to need help for quite some time.” ((NARRATOR)) And he says that even if the war ended today, Ukrainians who have been injured physically and mentally will need help for years to come. ((Greg Flakus, for VOA News, Houston))
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Program Name Border Crossings
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date August 3, 2022 13:11 EDT
- Byline Greg Flakus
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America